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^^HERE, Wachusett and Watatick and the hill of English Joe, 
^iif Tall Monadnock, Peterboroughs, Uncanoonocks in a row ; 
Here, the valley of the Nashua, winding mirrored banks between, 
And the wide and fertile meadows with their waving grasses green. 

There the smoke of busy Fitchburg rises in the distant west, 
And nearby the peaceful landscape smiles, — a dream of quiet rest ; 
Rounded hills and sloping pastures, here and there a farm-house white ; 
Babbling brooks and leafy woodlands, floweiy fields in summer light. 

Just beyond the elm-boughed village, over meadow broad and fair. 
High above the halls of school-boys clustered near about it there, 
Stands a tower of lofty beauty, and like sounds of foreign clime 
From it come the notes of music, voices of the chapel chime. 

To the east the spires of Westford shine across the forest trees. 
North and south the towns and hamlets grateful feel New Hampshire's 

breeze. 
Winding roads and sheen of lakelets, cattle browsing in the shade, — 
All the land, with charms abundant, Nature's lavish hand has made. 

Oft at mom the wondrous ghost lake comes like magic, with no sound. 
Over fields and river valley, filling in the hills around ; 
And in birch canoes the red men glide in fancy down the stream, 
Ere its mystic waters vanish with the great sun's dawning gleam. 

Now the fleecy clouds resplendent float above the vale below, 
Stately ships of heavenly grandeur from the seas of sunset glow ; 
Starry Night, with step reluctant, spreads her mantle over all. 
While the moon her queenly crescent hides behind the mountain wall. 

W. A. B. 

Groton, Massachusetts, July, 1903. . / 



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